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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Andrew Griffin

Apple gets official approval for watch feature that can spot potentially fatal problem

The feature will be available with the new watches but will also work on older models - (AP)

Apple has received official approval for one of the headline features of its new watches: the ability to sense how hard your heart is beating.

The new hypertension feature is designed to spot when people have dangerously high blood pressure (hypertension). Unlike some tools, it doesn’t work by way of a cuff that squeezes the arm, but instead can detect signs of the condition using data collected by the watch’s heart rate sensor.

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